Nice Tongbei

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[kenneth fish]

Very nice. Qi family Tongbei?

[.Q.]

Unfortunately I have no idea. I just like the quality of movements and footwork.

[Ron Panunto]

Looks like it would be tough on the shoulder rotator cuffs.

[kenneth fish]

Actually, I use Tongbei training drills (and indian clubs) to rehab my shoulder patients. One works into the shoulder exercises incrimentally. The increase in both active range of motion and stability is generally significant.

[.Q.]

The praying mantis teacher I studied a bit from (who also does Tongbei) mentioned that people that do arm swinging drills consistently rarely have stiff shoulders. Key is gradual conditioning. He advocates mostly letting gravity do the acceleration rather than using physical exertion, at least when training the drills.